【词汇大师】浴缸的故事(2/2)
o(*////▽////*)q 日常物品是如何被命名为“非凡的人。”倾听浴缸的故事
本篇只需听写嘉宾的话，主持人的话不需要听写。
主持人的话①"And were there any words that you just 'knew' were named after someone but in fact were not?"
HINTS（注意各种人名地名大小写）
Earl of Sandwich
Robert Earl
Planet Hollywood and Hard Rock Cafe
Walt Disney
Orlando
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201208/20120820044323905988.mp3"I'm very fond of the Earl of Sandwich because when I started writing about the sandwich and knowing that it was named after this Earl of Sandwich, a British aristocrat, I had this idea that I'd be doing a story about foppish English aristocrats.
"What I discovered was, the current earl, the eleventh earl, and his son have set up a business with, very appropriately, Robert Earl, who was one of the brains behind Planet Hollywood and Hard Rock Cafe. And they have a series of fast-food sandwich restaurants. The first one was opened in Walt Disney World in Orlando and they're rolling it out through the States."
"I haven't come across any where I thought it was completely spurious apart from -- and this is one of the dangers of Google and the Internet.
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